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Ash Hill Publishing
Ash Hill Publishing publishes many of the books that you will find listed at this blog, including books on religion, history, biography, and genealogy. For example, if you are interested in a different twist and empathetic telling of how and … Continue reading
Reflections on Daniel Boone, American Frontiersman, and John Filson, his First Biographer
John Filson, in his 1784 portrait of “The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boon” appended to The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke, declared that “curiosity is natural to the soul of man.” With these words Filson sparked the beginning … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, books, Natural History
Tagged american-frontier, book-review, books, daniel-boone, frontier, frontiersmen, history, travel
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Captain John Smith was an Anglican Missionary—-WHAT?!
Captain John Smith was arguably the greatest of the English explorers, discoverers, and colonists of America. He was as well the first American historian. His human and natural histories include: A True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Noate … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, books, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged anglicanism, Christianity, Great Commission, history, John Smith, Missionaries
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Christian Missionaries–Books to Read
I am a historian, and one of my favorite topics to write on is the Christian missionary experience in America.I have just reissued a book about Baptist missionaries in America, particularly in Oklahoma: “Marking the Jesus Road: Bacone College through … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, books, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged Bacone College, bible, books, catholics, Christianity, faith, history, Jesus, Missionaries, Protestants
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Robert Hamilton, Baptist Missionary, and the Jesus Road
Robert Hamilton, a friend and associate of Mary P. Jayne and Joseph S. Murrow, was one of the first missionaries sent by the American Baptist Home Mission Society to western Oklahoma; Hamilton worked with the Cheyenne and Arapaho people from … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, books, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged American Indians, baptists, bible, Christianity, faith, god, Jesus, jesus-road, Missionaries
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Mary P. Jayne, Baptist Missionary, and the Jesus Road
Mary P. Jayne was long-time Baptist missionary to the American Indians, particularly the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Pawnee. She dedicated her life to directing American Indians, particularly in Oklahoma, along the Jesus Road. Jayne grew up in Iowa in the Baptist … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, books, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged American Indians, baptists, books, Christianity, jesus-road, Missionaries
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Patrick Hurley, Secretary of War under Hoover, and the Jesus Road
Patrick Hurley was soldier during World War I, Secretary of War during the Hoover administration, a lawyer for the Choctaw people, a diplomat for Franklin Roosevelt during World War II, and a philanthropist. One of the special objects of his … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, books, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged American Indians, Bacone College, books, Higher Education, history, Missionaries
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Jack Kilpatrick’s Vision of Bacone College
One of the more famous Bacone alumni was Jack Kilpatrick, a Cherokee, who graduated from Bacone Junior College in 1935. Kilpatrick was a member of the men’s vocal ensemble the Singing Redmen and he was Editor-in-Chief of the student newspaper, … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, Christianity
Tagged Bacone College, Christianity
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Father Murrow of Bacone College and the Jesus Road
Joseph Murrow was a Southern Baptist Missionary who spent much of his life working among the American Indians of Oklahoma, bringing Christianity to people throughout Oklahoma and Indian Territory and the State of Oklahoma. Murrow first came to Indian Territory … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Biography, Christianity, Great Commission
Tagged Bacone College, Christianity, Missionaries, native-americans
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Charles Journeycake and Indian University (Bacone College)
Charles Journeycake, Chief of the Delawares, a founding Trustee of Indian University, was born in1817. His mother, Sally Journeycake, converted Charles to Christianity; he was baptized in 1833. Charles began preaching to the Delawares and other Indian tribes of Kansas … Continue reading
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